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Review

The History Of Sound review – less Brokeback Mountain, more Merchant Ivory

by Hannah Strong

Two musicians set out to record the folk songs of rural America in Oliver Hermanus’ restrained but affecting drama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

Living

by Ella Kemp

Oliver Hermanus teams up with Kazuo Ishiguro and Bill Nighy for a British reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 masterpiece, Ikiru.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Moffie

by Hannah Strong

A pair of conscripts find love amid the chaos of Apartheid in Oliver Hermanus’ queer war drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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